NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Collegians competing in IIHF’s 2022 Women’s Final Olympic Qualification tournament

This weekend, the final qualification tournaments for the 2022 Beijing Olympics are happening at sites around the world. A number of current Division I and Division III women’s hockey players are representing their countries at these tournaments. This is the first year the Olympic field will contain 10 women’s teams. The top six teams in … Read more

NCAA approves increasing women’s Division I hockey tournament field from eight teams to 11 teams

The NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee on Wednesday approved expanding the national women’s hockey brackets for the NCAA tournament. The bracket will expand from eight to 11 teams, but the Women’s Ice Hockey Committee has yet to decide whether the new bracket format will be implemented in 2022 or 2023. Once the committee makes … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women with guest Gabriella Fundaro – Frozen Four wishes and broadcasting dreams

Nicole: Halloween may be over, but we’ve got a special treat this week as Gabriella Fundaro joins me as a Guest Contributor to Wednesday Women. Gabs writes about women’s college hockey at The Ice Garden and has been covering the sport for various outlets for 10 years.  Gabs and I both wrote this week about … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Chaos, expansion and bad rules

Nicole: Welcome back for another women’s college hockey season! Arlan and I are back to volley questions back and forth and share some insight into what we’ve seen so far this season. It’s been an interesting start, to say the least. I definitely felt more lost than normal when I was compiling season previews this … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Weekend Wrap October 4, 2021

(1) Wisconsin at Merrimack Sarah Wozniewicz’s first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner on Friday afternoon. Casey O’Brien scored twice, to give her eight goals on the year, Daryl Watts added three assists and Makenna Webster had a goal and two assists to lead Wisconsin to a 4-0 win. On Saturday, O’Brien, Webster, Watts … Read more

Former Northeastern hockey players Rice, Thiessen to be inducted into school’s hall of fame

Two former Northeastern hockey players are the newest members of the Northeastern Hall of Fame. Fiona Rice, class of 1990, and Brad Thiessen, class of 2011, will be inducted with both the 2020 and 2021 hall of fame classes on November 11 at Blackman Auditorium on the university’s campus. Rice holds the record for most … Read more

Northeastern the favorite to claim 2021-22 Hockey East regular-season championship

Northeastern garnered nine first-place votes in the women’s Hockey East 2021-22 preseason coaches poll. Providence came in second and picked up the other first-place nod. Hockey East 2021-22 Preseason Coaches Poll Rank — Team — (First-Place votes) — Total points 1. Northeastern (9) 90 2. Providence (1) 75 3. Boston College 70 4. UConn 67 … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2021-22 Hockey East season preview

It sure feels like this is Northeastern’s conference to lose and everyone else is just going to try and keep up. The Huskies had control from start to finish last season and they return all but one player from that squad. They have more experience, more confidence and more drive to win that final game … Read more

Colby graduate San Roman named director of hockey operations for Vermont women’s hockey team

Vermont has announced that 2021 Colby graduate Cierra San Roman will join the women’s hockey staff as the director of hockey operations. “We are really excited to have Cierra join our staff this year,” said UVM coach Jim Plumer in a statement. “She has a unique skill set not only as a former goalie, but … Read more

Vermont volunteer women’s hockey coach Willard hired as new lead assistant at Norwich

Norwich has named Taylor Willard as the lead assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Willard replaces Mollie Fitzpatrick, who left to join the Boston University women’s coaching staff in June. “I am beyond thrilled to have Taylor Willard join our staff,” Norwich head coach Sophie Leclerc said in a statement. “It was clear after … Read more

Norwich women’s hockey assistant Fitzpatrick steps down, joining staff at Boston University

Norwich women’s hockey assistant coach Mollie Fitzpatrick is stepping down from her post to join the Boston University women’s hockey coaching staff. Fitzpatrick has served as the assistant coach for the past six seasons, helping lead Norwich to the 2018 national championship under head coach Mark Bolding. Fitzpatrick has spent 11 of the last 13 … Read more

Hockey East announces single-elimination tournament format for men’s, women’s postseason in 2022

Hockey East has announced that a new postseason tournament format for the men’s and women’s leagues will be used beginning in 2022. All 11 men’s programs and all 10 women’s programs will compete in a single-elimination postseason tournament for the Lamoriello Trophy and the Bertagna trophy, respectively. “This new format for the Hockey East tournament … Read more